Military Science

[New] Should a military confrontation occur between Iran and the U.S. or its allies, Tehran will likely add fuel to existing fires, including via its local allies, as a way of diffusing the threat to Iran itself.
Iran's support of the Taliban will increase if the current tensions between Iran and the United States escalate and Iran becomes further isolated by the economic sanctions imposed by the Trump administration.
In 2020, the AEP OCS is expected to receive the M-Code Early Use upgrade, which will allow control of M-code, an advanced, new signal designed to improve anti-jamming and anti-spoofing, as well as to increase secure access to military GPS signals for U.S. and allied armed forces.
Prudent capability aggregation between the armed forces of Australia, Japan and the United States will be critical to addressing the shortfalls that America is likely to face in its military power over the coming years.
Increasing procurement of military systems for surveillance activities is expected to drive the growth of the surveillance & monitoring segment of the military sensors market.
Dromes will be a source of accelerating growth throughout the next decade with US$101 billion in revenue being created annually by 2030 across the commercial, military, civil, and consumer sectors.
The United States warned China on Saturday against threatening its neighbours' sovereignty and said Washington was investing in new military technology in the next five years to keep Asia stable.
The global AI in Military market is expected to witness high growth during the forecast period.
To promote China as the world leader in a range of technologies will be critical to both economic and military power in the years ahead.
The use of commercial drones is growing at a faster rate than military use, with a compound annual growth rate of 19% between 2015 and 2020, compared with 5% growth on the military side, and could add an estimated 100,000 jobs to the US economy by 2025.
All indications are that, in the long term, China will dwarf Russian military power and present the greatest threat to US interests and national security.
The White House is reviewing military plans that could result in sending 120,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks American forces or steps up work on nuclear weapons.
If China can gain an edge in artificial intelligence research, as many experts believe it can, it will hold the whip hand over the next-generation tools that will be necessary for America's national economic growth, as well as for its military and national security.
The US could turn up pressure on Iran in 2019, raising the possibility of military confrontation, which could be catastrophic for the global economy through the disruption of oil supplies.
The IRGC will undoubtedly exploit its military prowess to challenge the moderate diplomatic track of President Hassan Rouhani and his administration.
The Defense Department will provide $250 million in military aid that will include training for Ukrainian forces and equipment for Ukraine's navy, which has struggled to counter Russia in the increasingly tense Black Sea area.
From about 2023, the JCPOA allows Iran to acquire advanced military capabilities: A mere three and a half years from now, Russia and China could be pounding on the doors of Iran's defence ministry offering the latest capabilities at highly competitive prices.
The Pentagon's plans to develop weapons and strategies to penetrate Russian or Chinese complex defense networks are a waste of time and could lead to the defeat of U.S. military forces on the future battlefield.
If there is ever such a land-grab operation against one of the Baltic States, it is feared, Russia could use its military might and geographic position to create a no-go zone and keep NATO reinforcements from reaching the annexed territory in time by cordoning off the theater of operations.
While Iran is eager to develop a political relationship with an important energy client like Japan and will keep back channels open to avoid military conflict with the United States, Tehran still sees little point in engaging with the current White House under maximum pressure terms.
As the Trump administration threatens to go to war with Iran and imposes tariffs on China in an escalating trade war, Washington is increasingly colliding with the commercial and military ambitions of the EU powers, led by Germany.
Europe might spend $110 billion on naval forces and $357 billion on land forces in a massive military build-up if Washington withdraws from the NATO alliance.
U.S. fears about losing European defence contracts are unfounded, Brussels told Washington on Thursday after the Pentagon demanded the European Union curtail a new military pact that it sees as a potential threat to NATO.

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Last updated: 14 September 2019